Noun: germen
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | germen |
| Plural | germina |
Genitive
| Singular | germinis |
| Plural | germinum |
Dative
| Singular | germinī |
| Plural | germinibus |
Accusative
| Singular | germen |
| Plural | germina |
Ablative
| Singular | germine |
| Plural | germinibus |
Vocative
| Singular | germen |
| Plural | germina |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like germen
segmen,
sagmen,
subtēmen,
petimen,
pedāmen,
mūnīmen,
suffīmen,
sedimen,
simulāmen,
aspectāmen,
cōnsōlāmen,
sanguen,
prænōmen,
bitūmen,
cognōmen,
genimen,
nōdāmen,
formīdāmen,
dolāmen,
ferrūmen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From earlier *genmen via dissimilation, from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”). Equivalent to gignō (“to beget”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare with genimen.
Verbs referencing "germen"
English Nouns
germ, English Nouns
germination, French Nouns
germe, Italian Nouns
germe, English Nouns
germen, Romanian Nouns
germen, French Nouns
germinal, Italian Nouns
germinale, Italian Nouns
germile, Galician Nouns
xermolo.
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